Streator, IL is a small city located in LaSalle County with a population of around 13,000 people. The political landscape in Streator has been dominated by the Democratic Party for decades as most of the local elections are uncontested. Some of the notable Democrats who have held local office recently include State Senator Sue Rezin and State Representative Jerry Long. Both legislators have worked hard for their constituents, such as helping to secure funds for infrastructure improvement projects and representing Streator’s interests in Springfield. Although there are not many candidates running for local office in Streator, residents can still make their voices heard at the ballot box if they choose to vote during election season.
The political climate in Streator, IL is leaning conservative.
LaSalle County, IL is somewhat conservative. In LaSalle County, IL 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.8%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Streator, IL is leaning conservative.
LaSalle County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Streator, Illinois: d r D r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Streator, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,344 contributions totaling $25,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 420 contributions totaling $22,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)